time="2026-03-04T12:52:59Z" level=info msg="Starting kube-vip.io [v0.6.4]" time="2026-03-04T12:52:59Z" level=info msg="namespace [kube-system], Mode: [ARP], Features(s): Control Plane:[true], Services:[true]" time="2026-03-04T12:52:59Z" level=info msg="prometheus HTTP server started" time="2026-03-04T12:52:59Z" level=info msg="Starting Kube-vip Manager with the ARP engine" time="2026-03-04T12:52:59Z" level=info msg="beginning services leadership, namespace [kube-system], lock name [plndr-svcs-lock], id [instance]" I0304 12:52:59.411131 1 leaderelection.go:250] attempting to acquire leader lease kube-system/plndr-svcs-lock... time="2026-03-04T12:52:59Z" level=info msg="Beginning cluster membership, namespace [kube-system], lock name [plndr-cp-lock], id [instance]" I0304 12:52:59.411460 1 leaderelection.go:250] attempting to acquire leader lease kube-system/plndr-cp-lock... E0304 12:52:59.996676 1 leaderelection.go:336] error initially creating leader election record: namespaces "kube-system" not found E0304 12:52:59.996787 1 leaderelection.go:336] error initially creating leader election record: namespaces "kube-system" not found I0304 12:53:02.682491 1 leaderelection.go:260] successfully acquired lease kube-system/plndr-cp-lock time="2026-03-04T12:53:02Z" level=info msg="Node [instance] is assuming leadership of the cluster" time="2026-03-04T12:53:02Z" level=info msg="Gratuitous Arp broadcast will repeat every 3 seconds for [172.17.0.100]" I0304 12:53:03.659303 1 leaderelection.go:260] successfully acquired lease kube-system/plndr-svcs-lock time="2026-03-04T12:53:03Z" level=info msg="(svcs) starting services watcher for all namespaces" E0304 13:45:02.512209 1 leaderelection.go:369] Failed to update lock: Put "https://kubernetes:6443/apis/coordination.k8s.io/v1/namespaces/kube-system/leases/plndr-svcs-lock": context deadline exceeded I0304 13:45:02.512267 1 leaderelection.go:285] failed to renew lease kube-system/plndr-svcs-lock: timed out waiting for the condition E0304 13:45:04.027142 1 leaderelection.go:308] Failed to release lock: Operation cannot be fulfilled on leases.coordination.k8s.io "plndr-svcs-lock": the object has been modified; please apply your changes to the latest version and try again time="2026-03-04T13:45:04Z" level=info msg="leader lost: instance" time="2026-03-04T13:45:04Z" level=fatal msg="lost leadership, restarting kube-vip"